Anne

“It’s always been this way. There were rumors about me even before I was born. It’s why my mother never calls me Sobachka. She says it makes me sound like a mongrel.”
My heart gave a little pang at that. I’d been called plenty of names growing up.
“I like mongrels,” I said. “They have cute floppy ears.”
“My ears are very dignified.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“A life before you in the moment isn't worth a hundred elsewhere, three months from now.”
― Naomi Novik, Uprooted

“Success excuses all risks.”
― Naomi Novik, Uprooted

“I may not have been completely honest about that."
"You? Less than truthful? I'm shocked, Nikolai. Shocked and horrified.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm